The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 March 1916

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1916, NO. 8,711.
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  • 184 1 The Germans have made no material progress m the attack on Verdun, though authorities expect further attacks there, or elsewhere, as part of a general offensive. The French are still ready and steady— Page 5. On the Russian front, Riga to Vilna sector, there is a fierce
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  • 1307 1  - WAR PROSPERITY T. S. Sheldrake This article will cot bore you with statistics, and I shall try hard not to write anything to embitter the relations of employer 10 employee we cannot afford to quarrel among ourbelves with the enemy at the gate, even if we wanted to do so.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 426 1 KM "Miracuhtm" is the best Preservative Paint for structural Steel Work that Money can buy. "Miraculutn** is a higJUy protective and economical coating for all kinds of structural Iron, Steel or other Metal Work, whether exposed or otherwise, such as Bridges Hoots ot llailtray Stations, Girders of General Buildings, Corrugated
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    • 286 1 L4TEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Tfiluk Anson closing of transfer books Page '6. Ocean S. S. Co, K. P. ML, Siam Steamship Co new sailings on Page 6 R)bui!;on and jCo., new shipment of Manila cigars Page 5. Sea View Hotel programme for Saturday vext Page 5^ Palladium and She Scamps" new announcements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 144 1 THE WEEK. Monday 27th. Ppdh -•■.•«t*-r- 2-b7 s.ir- f-'2 p m Dectnre on < Chiucf«e cast ms, V M C.A S.ts p. "Ihe 6cau.{>-i." scoria ineatie. Tuesday 28th. H'gh Water- 3 2 a.m., 7 «8 p.m. Emulation Lodge. 8.30 p m. "TjL.e Scamps,' Victoria Theatre. Wednesday, 29th. •ilpj V"i.J r
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  • 411 2 Capt Russell Grey has arrived at Busra. Mr Neely is with the same division. Capt S. C. Raffles, who was married on the 12th of last mcnth, is now Flight Commander in charge of a section and is at present stationed in England. MrW. S. Huxley is stationed at Shore
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    • 428 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO j COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Hongkong). i THE Chief Importers OF British Pianos FRENCH PIANOS Italian Pianos VICTORIA THEATRE theTSps TREMENDOUS SUCCESS To-Night To-Night COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME INCLUDING THE SCAMPS 'PICTURE PALACE' Time and Prices As Usual Plans at MOUTRIE'S. Auctions AUCTION SALE OF Two Wooden
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    • 614 2 SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE'S PREMIER THEATRE PICTURES THAT MAKE YOU COME AGAIN! If you have time, don't lose any of it. but go the PALLADIUM— The mofct Comfortable Theatre In Singapore and see THE Greatest All-Comedy Programme ever seen at any Theatre m this Town:— MABEL NORMAND, CHARLIE
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    • 582 2 77/E PLEASURE'S YOURS IP YOD CO TO THE IDEAL PICTURL THEATRE gl^- CASINO A T^: E AND SEE THE FOLLOWING STAR FILMS m the fecend Show 9.15 P.M. To -nigh; CINES PBKSENTS. MADMAN'S £1 \j X EL 1 A Power*. Et,, ry .UP, '^"j-^-^^n R. KID HEAGANS HAND A Spk'ncid
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  • 160 3 ant previously acknowledged ***** jllected byS. C. hinha: Wong Ah Kee jfa^ 120 ;rs J D. K. Hutler 20 elong Pillay (Ist inst) 5 1 .in Lea 5 ■m i J von,: Kai 5 *'> 5 1 ye Choi 5 Kfldn 5 m% Kai 5 "her.ij.iiu 3
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  • 471 3 Lor. ion, March 11. The Paris editor i> New York Herald puts the German -•cities at Verdun at 10.0C0 a day. Lo:; iun March IB< A correspondent m orther:: France says the French position* ■;e Arras region are now such that it I '->ib!e for a German
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  • 97 3 flf nMI island of Fernando Po, the destined receptacle of the German Ctfret from the Caraeroons, was, until African possessions lookod up m quite recent times, one of those unconaidered s about which nobody worried much, -cnered by the Portuguese navigator -c naoie it b«are m 1471, it wae OCipifd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 574 3 WET WEATHER RHEUMATISM Why should rheumatism, a disease of the blood, be wot so m wet weather than m dry? The rheumatic poison m the blood is the predisposing cau?e of the disease. If you have the taint m your blood you may have rheumatism whenever the exciting cause stirs
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    • 870 3 Notices TE UK ANSON RUBBER ESTATE, LTD. I NOTICE OF CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Pooks of this (ompahy will be cl^ed from fia utday. the Ist to Wednesday, the sth April, 1 19 1 6 (both days inclusive), for the preparation of Dividend
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    • 918 3 To Let TO LET No. 12, Mount Elizabeth Road. Apply tc Loh Lam, 601, North Bridge Road. 15-9 uo TO LET Furnished or Unfurnished Fairfleld Ciony Road, from let February 1916. Apply to ALLEN ft GLEDHILL, 22a, Raffles I laoe, 30-12 uo TO LET 1 Sandlands" Tanjong Katong, Water and
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  • 1131 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Marc h 27, 1916. fie.c sHaII tfce Pmsb the People* rifcht mtiateSA. 0e«-j»rd by influence and urbribed by p»la i r *rt patriot Truth her glor'OTis precepts dUwr* (?<*Asrni u> R-linoa- Lormlty and Law. There is abundant evidence from telegraphic news and from official instructions
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  • 282 4 Mr A. B. Voulee, Solicitor General, is still rather seriously indisposed. S. E. Mr and Mrs H. E. Steele reached Home on Feb. 19th. They sailed from Malacca on Dec. 9th by the Katori Maru, went rouod the Cape to Marseilles and Home overland. The vessel was not expected to
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  • 269 4 Petrograd, March 26.— The communique runs We developed a success south east of the Augnstinhof sector at Jacobstadt, capturing after a desperate action a fortified region at the village of Lepaka. Furious German attacks and counter attacks were repulsed. Our advance continued m the Dvinek region. We forced
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  • 242 4 Committee and King's Civil List. The final report of the Retrenchment Committee will be issued either to day or to-morrow. Our Parliamentary Corres pondent writes The Committee make no reference m this respect to the tala rice of members cf Parliament. A m^jo rity wanted to make
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  • 314 4 m Mr R. T. Reid is proceeding on Saturday week not to England but to Java and Australia, S. E. In the I'pper Houte cf Convocation recently the Archbishop of Canterbury announced that of the 32 Church of England colleges and hostels cine had been closed. all the students, who
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  • 164 4 K.L PLANTERS. I (From Our Own Corresponded be Ku #te L umpur District Pi 4n AMoci.tio^fctingd. h cu..,dt] Jf of latex theWand resolved to a Government to urgent h r liUt S protection and .mtable BU perv I*l dealers and email hold, Speakers denounced the hquor Vl and resolved to
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  • 140 4 (From Dvr (j un Correspon4em Kunla l.umpnr, Mat; At Bukit Kflpong the friiiMH said jthe profit tosrcther with the amount brought forward from latt %>,> BB| lItS.SUI ItS.SU allowing the recommend dividend of 20 per MBt Ha com that was satisfactory and i!,,,r t t h aQ Wafe
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  • 164 4 F. M.S. CHAMBER OF MINES (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jpob, March At the annual meeting of the I Chamber of Mimes, Mr E was elected president. Mr X m; borough vice president, It was decided to hold two f meetings yearly at Kuala L«a| order to stimulate the ir.tereChamber. The
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  • 35 4 A K.L LOS S. (From Our Ovn >irer, ndent.) Kuala Lumpur Mr 1 rank l'ostb, a n, ember ul tht French Aviation Corps former!} d at Bentong wa6 drowned m the cinkinp of the Provence.
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  • 25 4 LONDON RUBBER WI RE. (Frdrn Our Gun Correspondent.* [onii a, Ha* Final dividends I»amans 22$, Gula Kalumpong b! Kombok I North Humnu.ck interim 10. a
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  • 98 4 By fouiffi b N< H G 8AL. Paris, March -i. I per cent, bonds are at francthe 5 per cent, al faatacday, en banks o Manas there was violent bon srithoul infantry action. To < aooadod lbs snoi court v, t exploded near Bill 2 of which
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  • 22 4 M. Knud I < plorer. cay* the hsrt.aDr *-ith the Hudson B#3 Canadian (ioverrn.*!,; next year, an exp^ !tlo! northerly parts of British
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    • 134 4 GALDBEGK, MAGGREGQR Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR-.— "T^C HH -^fT -Earn Co si** Speoa'. fife i £ft on Appoinimsr: HIS MAJESTYTKE KING >lt almost all public functions, this Wine has been served. Manila Cigars FROM THE ENGLISH FACTORY LA GIRALDA. NEW STOCKS of the following Have Arrived Reina Victoria m Boxes
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  • 576 5 RENEWED STRUGGLE. i, March 23. Semi-official The oarmau advance of eight hundred Midi at Avocourt is tactically unimpor Hat Before they can threaten the Morthomme position the Germans must idvance over a long glacis devoid of cover m 1 eipoaed to frontal and flanking tire. this reason all
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  • 162 5 London, March 24.— The communiqui ,a,-s Micce^sful raids were made on I y trenchea about Gommeconrt and che Be|fc«M la Bassea road. One prisoner was ,-y.ptured and three dugouts full of MM were bombed and blown m. Km enemy sprang a small mine north of Arras <: I
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  • 71 5 Amsterdam, March 2a.— The Tyi states I kfcf air raid on Zeebrugge destroyed guns and some aeroplanes. Two Jred artillerymen and marines were !ci and a large number wounded. A train passed through Ghent with 830 wounded. Amsterdam, March 15.— One aerodrome, ■a aeroplanes, near Oatend were
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  • 330 5 ATTACK ON RAILWAY. [By Submarine Cable]. IIUTUI BIKYIGB. Petrograd, March 28.— There is great enemy activity at Vilna where troop trains are ceaselessly arriving from the west and south. The ordinary traffic is suspended. Vilna is thronged with AustroGerman troops and crowds of prisonere are
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  • 123 5 London, March 23. An interesting des cciption ot the Michaleze bridgehead ou the Dniester which was captured bj the Russians a week ago, is given m s Budapest despatch which says the fighting was incessant there for two months. The Austrians made the bridgehead a regulat fortress
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  • 61 5 London, March 25, official. The forces operating on the right bank of the Tigris surprised and seized a small Turkish post at Falahiyeh on the night of March 15. Our casualties were four. General Townshend reports that enemy aircraft and artillery bombarded Kut at intervals on March
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  • 32 5 London, March 25. A further long list of imports prohibited, except by licence, mostly heavy cumbersome goods and also various cotton and woollen manufactures, cutlery, soap, toys, is published.
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  • 44 5 Washington, March 25. —It ia announced m the Senate that the Powers are replying sepnrately. They have declined Mr Lans ing'a suggestion to disarm merchantmen It is understood Mr Lansing is preparing a circular explaining the United States attitude on the question.
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  • 46 5 London, March 24. An article in the Indiaman calls attention to the need for a central authority and definite policy to regulate emigration from India. The Westminster Gazette suggests the Colonies be asked to cooperate with the Indian Government in finding such a policy.
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  • 62 5 Dr. Fowlie has given notice that at the next meeting of the Municipal Commis sion on March 31st, he will move: That the Municipal Commissioners decide to utilise the Rubber Trees on the 1 Reservoir Catchment Area for revenue i producing purposes, and that an expert i planter be asked
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  • 157 5 IN EGYPT. Prisoners Rescued. T ondon, March 24.— Official. The rescue of Senussi prisoners was effected on March 17, and was entirely apart from the engagement of March 14. Nine armoured cars, twenty six others and ten motor ambulances left Sollum at three m the morning for Sirhakim,
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  • 249 5 Smuts' Progress. London, March 24. Official General Smuts on March 21 ousted the Germans from a strong positions on the Ruwu river whereto they had retired after their previous defeats, inflicting heavy losses and capturing a 4.1 inch gun belonging to the Koenigsberg. The enemy retired south
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  • 128 5 Secret Well Kept. London, March 25. The Admiralty announces an engagement on Feb. 29 m the North Sea between the armed German raider Grief, disguised ac a Norwegian merchantman, and the British merchant cruiser Alcantara which resulted m the loss of both vessels, the raider by gunfire,
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  • 96 5 Athen3, March 25. Owing to financial difficulties the Government has allowed demobilisation to the extent of thirty per cent. The £g'e Limit. London, March '23. The newspapers state that an order extendirg the army age limit to forty five will probably be issued this week. It
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  • 52 5 Melbourne, March 25. —Mr Pearce said 209,500 troops will have been sent abroad by June, additional to the sixty thousand training. There was no doubt Australia would not only be able to find reinforcements to keep the units at full strength, but will be able later to send
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  • 34 5 Miss Florence Burn, a British nurse attached to the French Army, has been decorated at Steenvoorde, near Hazebrouck, with a bronze medal conferred by the French Government for her services m nursing infectious cases.
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  • 21 5 THE WAR COUNCIL London, March 23. Col. Sam Hughes (Canadian Minister for War) attended the War Council this afternoon.
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  • 19 5 London, March 24.— Polling m the byelection at Market Harborough, Percy Harris, Coalitionist, 7,826. Gibson Bowles, 3,711.
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  • 27 5 i Amsterdam, March 24. In the Reichstag Dr. Helfferich announced the subscriptions to the last war loan were ten thousand six hundred million marks.
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  • 19 5 London, March 23.— Official The em ployment of Danish labour on British farms is projected.
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  • 18 5 Paris, March 24. The Rumanian Budget shows an increase of half a million m war expenditure.
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  • 33 5 Shanghai, March 25. Owing to the commandeering of all boats for transport of troops, cargo piece-goods and yarn to the value of four nuJMon taels cannot be forwarded to S/.schuan.
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  • 309 5 London, March 25.--Reuters agency understands that the official view relative to the position of British and German credit is that whereas the depreciation of sterling is comparatively trivial, the value of the mark was fallen, between twentyfive and thirty per cent, throughout tha world. This is most
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  • 193 5 New York, March 23. Fires broke out at Augusta m Georgia and Nashville, iv Tennessee. Damage of six million and a million and a half dollats respec- j tively was done. The damage by fire at Paris m Texas was eighteen million dollars. General Cadorna. London, March
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 111 5 NEW SHIPMENT. Manila Cigars. Reina Victoria High Life Londres Perfectos Princessas Favoritos, A Correa Carolinas Especials Tabacalera FROM THE CELEBRATED Lr Flor De La Isabela Factory. ROBINSON CO. "THREE NUNS" TOBACCO. PIPE PERFECT On Sale m 4 oz. Airtight Tins EVERYWHERE. FORD (MADE THROUGHOUT IS CANADA T ECONOMY i ffev*.
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    • 697 6 S hipping •♦ELLERMAN" LINE. For LONDON STEAMER Sailing early May. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Go., Ltd., AGENTS. XONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART KAATSGSfAPPIJ Incorporated m Holland,) Roy-il Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—B, Colltkr Quay. ONDES CONTKACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS ISDIA OOVI2RNMEHT. Kum:-'HIU« Ii« twan-Dtli
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    • 840 6 Shipping Mr. O. British India AND Apgab Line (Companies Incorporated m England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang. Ceylon, Australia. India, Aden. Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD 'FOR
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    • 564 6 Shipping M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LIMB. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON and MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 ss Amazone Mar 24 jss Porthos April 11 88 Lotus Mar 27 Iss Cordillere April 25 88 Polynebien April 7 i ss AndieLebon May 9 88 Athos Aptil 10 jeg Atlantique May 23 ss
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    • 592 6 Shipping JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co M Ltd Incorporated m Japan EUROPEAN LINE, A service is maintained betwooQ t kohann via porrs to Marseilles. London, under mtu contract with the Imperial 4 aphin-M Oovprt meet. The New Twin screw seamen! maintaining this service havt- tan Kpe.M»lii designed and constructed, and ar<
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  • 1576 7 Changed St. Andrews. Edinburgh, February 23. {From Our Own Correspondent.) St. Andrews by the Northern Seas, That is a haunted town to me." It ie years since these lines were penned, and the writer of them is dead, but each generation of students as it comes up will
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 902 7 I War or Peace, Faminf or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth 100 cents on the dollar. j WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LMITCD. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE! Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. a* CcE>p%it7 has £20, QOC aeyostted with
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    • 262 7 I DRINK 1 DRINK 1 j THE BEST BEER MODERATH. mtnh^f^iiif I W^^^^^^^^ TO THB LATEST METHODS WITH W EVERY POSSIBLE CARE I IN SANITARY RESPECTS. GARLSBEHG BEER |S DANISH BSER. SOLE IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC C 0.., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN DENMARK) OBTAINABLE FROM i John Little Co., LH., Ra'fles'
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    • 90 7 11 WE CAN DO ENGRAVING" G. W. S. de SILVA, 46, Selegie Road, SINGAPORE. 7:-s Mi M NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Co., Ltd, FIRE AND MARINE. [T»ll) gn rtofl ta •< Zi aland.) Y*N£-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. Ltd. umt (Ii corporattd iD Hongkong.) CHINA FiRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd. FIRE. (Incorporated m Hongkong.)
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  • 2121 8  -  E. B. Osborn A Prize of Victory. What was the ultimate cause of the war Disinterested observers see m agreed I that it is a war of conquest on the part of the Germans, but opinions differ as to what is the final objective of these
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    • 897 8 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRINS RAGE MEETING (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF RACING) WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 16th, Thursday the 18th, and Saturday the 20th of May, 1916. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 16 rn &AY. 19". G. 1 THE OPENING STAKES— 2-45 pm. \\i: < -">i*o and
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    • 775 8 ENTRIES CLOSE at NOON on Saturday, the 6tb May, 1916. In all races the advertised Second Prize will only be given when there are not less than five Starters the property of different owners. NOTE The attention of owners is called to Rule 123, which makes *the hour foi Scratching
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    • 278 8 i DAIMLER® I Agriccitural Tractcrs i M rm. DAIMLER CCMF.' NY <°i 3 COVtMPY.tNCLA.'j. Singapore Gold Storage Go., Ltd, Rear Entrance to Boraec Wharf TelepoDe 1026. Sea stocks of all kbldi of Froeen Meats etc., can be de!i?ered to shipping at the WhftlTit, or \l the Singapore Roids on snort
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  • 1559 9 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Mar. 25th, 9 Ail t notations of Sterling Shares must to regarded as purely nominal tot the pieeeat, RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Cap. Ibeob. Pain. Labis Di?. Bdtbrs. Sblubrb. 86,000 9s ts Allagai 6% 2 0 2 6 800,000 1
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  • 54 9 (Corrected up to Mar. 25.) B&nk4m,s M 2-4 19 82 demand 2-4} Private credits 8m a 3 -4 A France demand Bank 824 IHDIA, T. T. 174} Hohqkoho, demard 13% Yokohama, dem&cd mi Java, demand 133^ Bahskox, demand 654 Sovereigns, Bank Baying 18.64 Bank ol England Rate 6% Bar
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  • 138 9 Mar. 25. Tin (125 tons) 195.00 Garahier 20.75 Gambler Cube No. 1 29.00 Gamhier Cube No. 2 25.00 Penpas Black ordin. B 'pore 28.50 Ptppec, (White fait) 89.00 Nutmege 1110 to the lb. 30.00 Nutmegß (80 to the lb.) nora. Macs (Banda) 7 5.00 Cloves (Amboina) nom. Bali Coffee
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 250 9 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. Ant Fumigators and Sulphur Powder. Arsenite of Soda for killing out lalang. Aspinall's Varnish, Paints &c. Cartridges. Nobel's own loading with sporting Ballistite which holds more pigeonshooting records than any other powder. Cement "England" brand by The Ship Canal Portland Cement Co., Ltd. Disinfectant. "Sanitas"
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    • 80 9 HONGKONG The ss. SALAMIS" ie due to sail from Singapore for HOMGKONG about the 10th April. For Freight and Passage apply to HUTTENBACH BROS., CO. Agent*. Bank Line Limited. 24-3 10-4 NOW READY The Singapore and Straits Directory for 1916. Price $8.50 per copy, $9.00, post free to places m
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 458 9 WEATHER REPORT. Kandacg Kerban Hospital. Mar. 24. 9 a.m. 3 P.M. 9pm Br.jrom. 32 Fah. 29 833 29.728 25>26 Temf. 79.* 87.5 81 0 Wei Bnlb Thet. 76 5 81.0 78 0 Dit. of Wind Calm S.W Calm Mhx. Temp, is sha^e 88.5 Mia. do do. 76 0 Max. In
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    • 429 9 LATEST ARRIVALS. List of veeeele m port at 11 a.m. on Mar. 25, 1916. Vessel's Name Date of Arrival BBITIbH. Foo Shing Mar 24 Hai Nam Scott Harley Kaka Mar '2i> I'erak Poh Ann Hong Wan Meran Dutch. Emile Mar 2 4 Pontianak Mar 2fNOKWBOIAN. Skule Mar 24 Swedish, Veddo
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  • 446 10 VOYAGE OF THE AURORA. A Long Drift. [By Submarine Cable]. IIUTU'I XllVlC*. London, March 4 2*— Renter says that i Shackleton'B snip Endurance is daily ex pected at Buenos Aires. If Shackleton is not on board it means that probably he j succeeded m crossing the Antarctic con
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  • 266 10 Eight Steamers Attacked. Brighton, March 25. The railway •teamer Sussex was torpedoed m the afteruoon between Dieppe and Folkestone. There were 350 passengers, mostly French, and a crew of fifty also French. The latest account is that she still afloat with vessels standing by. It is stated m
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  • 60 10 Threat to Stop Sailings. London. March 24. The Dutch naval authorities have ordered an enquiry into the eicking of the Palembang. It appears the German submarine which torpedoed the Tubantia wirelessed saying the vessel struck a mine. Amsterdam, March 25. The Dutch Sailors Union has overwhelmingly Jecided
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  • 460 10 At their first appearance m the Victoria' Theatre on Saturday night Mr Wolseley Chat-lea' company proved themselves to be versatile, charming and accomplished. Mr Wolseley Charles himself has much to do at the piano throughout the entertain- 1 ment, and he is particularly good m his turn when
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  • 304 10 Two months or more ago, anyone who passed over the junctions of Oxley Riad with Oxley Rise and Eber Road, would have noticed a strong smell of gas escap ing somewhere m that vicinity. Without a doubt there was a leakage somewhere Thi6 went on for
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  • 170 10 Inspector D. Killourhy, of the Kadang Kerbau division of police, m the second j police court on Saturday last, formally charged three Japanese named Taki Moto, of 78 Princep Street, Tanaka Kueji, of 51 Victoria Street, and Okajami Yosio of the same address, with the theft ac servants, iof an
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  • 587 10 The most notable event of tbe week has been tbe capture, on Tuesday, tbe lOtb, of the Austrian bridgehead at Uscieczka, on tbe Dniester. General Ivanoff has now opened a way across tbe Dniester into the Bukovina, and if be has sufficient force available his
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  • 313 10 In Girraany the price of borax is £100 a ton, and boric acid £130 as against £io and £13 in this country Chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association yesterday. (Feb. 18 th.) The feverish hustle of the preppnt days wears more men out than hard work kills. On Saturday we
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  • 76 10 The P. and O. agent reports that the Kashgar, with mails for the Straits Settlements, Ac, left Port Said on the 20th instant. The mails will be transhipped at Colombo to the Naraur, expected here on or about the 7th proximo. The P. and O. homeward mail steamer
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  • 346 10 British Officers Expoit. A correspondent has placed at our dis posal the following extract from a letter written by an officer who sank a German submarine from an aeroplane some time ago "i had a big slice of luck that day. The submarines had been reported leaving Zeebrugge
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  • 384 10 EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON NETHERLANDS INDIA. A survey of Netherlands Indian commerce for the first eleven months of 1915 states that for the large plantations the year w; s, on the whole, not unfavourable. Tobacco, sugar, coffee and rubber were doing well, important business in rubber being transacted with
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  • 74 10 The Daily Mail's Rotterdam correspondent is convinced that the rumours of early German naval activity are not without foundation and asserts positively that in the near future our navy will achieve its great desire. The most terrible 6ea fight in history will bring the end of the war in sight.
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    • 288 10 Health for Infants For over half-a-century Savor\- Ifoorc'f y ni) A t^ M use, both at borne and ahroad. h Hms th, r Juut "f o &T* thoroughly reliable food f or Infants. P Ol l 1! vSavory ft Moore's Food supplies just th, nourishment an mfani n^, lK m
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